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The Mars Girl & As Big as the Ritz (ARC Doubles Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Joe Haldeman (Author), Gregory Benford (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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THE MARS GIRL (Joe Haldeman)

Carmen Dula was just like any other girl. Or she used to be, before she spent six months on the spacecraft, John Carter, as part of the first nine families to settle on Mars.

Just like any other teenager she was curious about her new home—who wouldn't be?—but she did her schoolwork, enjoyed time with her friends, and she started to explore the red planet with the supervision of her guide and friend, Paul Santos; always within the rules set by the colony.

Yet the Administrator, Dargo Solingen, seemed to have it out for her. She had no idea why, but she was blamed for every slight; every transgression. Until one day she had enough.

At night fall, Carmen donned a biosuit and ventured outside on her own—during curfew, while her outside privileges had been suspended. She didn't have a set goal. All she knew is that she wanted to explore...

What happened next was beyond her most wildest dreams. But how can she prove what she saw that night, when almost everyone assumes she is lying?

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AS BIG AS THE RITZ (Gregory Benford)

Clayton Donnor grew up in a hard-working mining asteroid community, so when he went to Earth to study at UCLA, he thought all his dreams had come true. Earth was gaudy, effervescent and, above all, it was fun.

Majoring in Comparative Astrophysics, and Minoring in Analytic Economic Morality, Clayton's aspirations were large. But he had no idea what would be in store for him when he first met Sylvia Rolland, and she invited him home to meet her father.

For Dr. Norman Rollan had created the elusive Brotherworld, a manufactured Hoop world a few kilometres thick, that circled around the Vortex of a black hole twenty kilometres away.

Why did Dr. Rollan not allow any Astrophysicists to visit? What were his colony of genetically- perfect clones hiding? Clayton was determined to find out...

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GKDJHVI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phoenix Pick (June 2, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 473 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages

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- #7,155 in Hard Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #16,024 in Hard Science Fiction (Books)

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BigOrangeDave

Double your pleasure!

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2016

A pair of entertaining little stories.

The "Mars Girl" provides an entertaining mix of hard science with a teenage girl's perspective on life on Mars. From the initial journey up in the space elevator to the challenges of being safe even when sneaking out in the middle of the night The young ladies unique voice is never lost. Challenges include skinny-dipping in the first pool on Mars, avoiding the dreaded fart in a spacesuit and finding ways to keep Boring and mundane chores interesting. That being said, the experiences of being among the first families on the Mars are well thought through and the young lady's amazing adventure tops the story off nicely.

"As Big As The Ritz" Is a nice companion piece. A look at a future earth where various iterations of political and economic organization have come and gone. An asteroid born college student ends up at UCLA, hooks up with a girl with all the wrong political beliefs and ends up going home for Christmas to the most amazing place in the universe. Turns out her dad discovered a black hole, a really tiny one, and has built what passes for, with yet another type of political/economic organization, a utopia with a bit of a secret. The writing is entertaining, the science amazing and the politics strange.

Two very different stories with one thing in common. They're both very well written and entertaining. A perfect companion to a lazy day on the beach or in your backyard.

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